fact what secretary of state condoleezza rice was doing at the apex of the death and destruction in new orleans. this was the original drudge report mention from that day back in 2005. "eyewitness, secretary of state condi rice laughs it up at spam alott while gulf coast lays in tatters. theatergoers on new york city's great white way were shocked to see the president's former national security adviser at the monty python farce last night." that was in the drudge report. "new york daily news" added a little color of their own. "contributing to the fiddling while rome burns impression given by her boss during the disaster, which may have claimed thousands of lives, secretary rice was booed by some audience members at spam paalot, the mon python musical, at shubert theater when the lights went up after performance." that "new york daily news" report was correct. people booed her for being here. you'd think that would be a wake-up call. pp if what you were seeing on tv didn't indicate to you this wasn't a good time for vacation,